The First Half Is Amazing

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2004)

Like most good, but not great movies, the writer had a wonderful and unique idea for a movie. Like all good, but not great, movies the second half suffers from a loss of direction.
The first half of this movie was brilliant, and quite possibly one of the best beginnings ever to a movie. The way this movie is shot gives you chills from the first scene. The action is terrific, the direction was superb and the dialogue was natural. The violence, in terms of a supernatural movie, was necessary and realistic. Then.....
The second half of this movie loses it's way and loses it big time. The point is good, the idea was decent, the execution was terrible. The point is this ... is existing really living. The answer is no, and the movie shows us that. Question: do we really need to learn that? Short answer is no. If done well it could have been good, but done like this it is slightly ridiculous.